Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laura Crane is still coming down from a high -- the highest wave she's ever surfed. And just maybe, the highest any woman has.

Over the weekend, one of the biggest swells in recent memory hit surfing’s home of the world’s largest liquid mountains: Nazaré, Portugal. It was so big, so unwieldly, that some even questioned the ...

NAZARÈ, Portugal – Off the coast of Portugal, a quiet fishing village has progressively evolved into the premier venue for big wave surfers looking to catch the wave of a lifetime. For decades, thrill ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore ocean physics and human vulnerability when facing the biggest wave ever recorded.